New Posts Considered for Panetta, Petraeus

By

Adam Entous and

Carol E. Lee

Updated April 8, 2011 12:01 a.m. ET

The White House is considering a major national-security reshuffling that could see Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta succeed Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Gen. David Petraeus take over at the CIA, an administration official said Thursday.

President Barack Obama will also need to pick a candidate to succeed the departing chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, who will step down...